Closing a PopUp (again!)

[david6633]

I am trying with various amounts of success to open a popup window from within a php script when a user logs in and then to close it when they log out.

So far I can open the window with this code

echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\">newwindow = window.open('./myfile.php', 'newwindow', 'height=400, width=200, left=2000, top=500, toolbar=no, menubar=no, directories=no, location=no, scrollbars=no, status=no, resizable=yes, fullscreen=no');</script>";

but I cannot seem to close the window when the user logs out. I have tried the following - all without any success

echo '<script language=\"JavaScript\">newwindow.close();</script>';

and

echo '<script language=\"JavaScript\">(newwindow && newwindow.open && !newwindow.closed) newwindow.close();</script>';

Am I trying to do the impossible? or have I missed something somewhere along the way?

David
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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Is the open script on the same page as the close script? If not, then the reference to the window, held in newwindow, will be invalid!

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[david6633]

No - it is on another page.

So the next question is - is there any way that I can pass the reference to the closing page?

David
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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

No. If you re-open the window on the closing page and use the same window name, that would work.

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